Mar 13, 2017
This Ethiopian manuscript brilliantly illustrates the Homilies of Michael (ca. 1682). The text alone is beautiful. #callmeilluminated
The Homilies of Michael. Gondar, ca. 1682. Gift of Countess Van Cuelenbroeck, 1900.
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This Ethiopian manuscript brilliantly illustrates the Homilies of Michael (ca. 1682). The text alone is beautiful. #callmeilluminated
The Homilies of Michael. Gondar, ca. 1682. Gift of Countess Van Cuelenbroeck, 1900.
This hand-drawn type truly illuminates the page in this colorful and beautifully illustrated album created by Albert G. Lewis in 1900. This is only one of several decorative pages chronicling the life, relatives, residences and businesses of Lewis and his family in the late 18th to the late 19th century.
Lewis, Albert G. The old houses and stores with memorabilia relating to them and my father and grandfather. Philadelphia, 1900.
Today’s post is brought to you by the letter B! Can you spot the wet nose?
Prayer Book. Ms. (1060, 1370).